• Song:

    Bad Reputation

  • Artist:

    Thin Lizzy

  • Album:

    Peel Sessions

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Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Tabbed by: Jon Malmin (jogusmal@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Half-Step Down

Seems like no one has bothered to tab this in the right tuning... So it's
about time now. These parts are played in the order seen below, so just get 
your bass out and get rocking!

Verse one:
      S S S S S S E  E  S S S S S S    E  S S S S S S E  S S S S S S  4x
G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D||*--------------5-----------------|--------------------------------*||
A||*--7-7-7-7-7-7----7--x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||


Chorus:         
    E  S S E  E  E  S S S S E     S S S S E  S S S S S S E  E  S S S S  4x
||-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------|---------------------------------------*||
||--------------------------7--|--x-x-x-x-5--x-x-x-x-x-x-3--2--x-x-x-x-*||
||--5--5-5-5--3--5--x-x-x-x----|----------------------------------------||


Verse two:
     E  S S S S E  E  S S S S E     E  S S S S E  S S E  S S E   4x 
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||*-------------5----------------|-------------5----------------*||
||*--7--7-7-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-5--|--7--7-7-7-7----7-7-5------5--*||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------7-7-----||

Drum fill section (play this and then pause for one bar during the fills):
     S S S S E  E  Q          4x 
||----------------------------||
||*--------------------------*||
||*--7-7-7-7-7--5--7---------*||
||----------------------------||


Guitar harmony:
     E.  S E  E.  S S S E  E     E.  S E  E.  S S S E  E   
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||*---------------------------|---------------------------|
||*--5---5-5------------------|--5---5-5------------------|
||------------7---7-7-7-5--7--|-----------7---7-7-7-7--5--|

  E.  S E  E.  S S S E  E     S S S S E  S S S S E  S S E   4x
---------------------------|--------------------------------||
---------------------------|----------5----------5------5--*||
--5---5-5------------------|-------------------------------*||
-----------7---7-7-7-5--5--|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-----||


Solo (first part):
     S S S S E  E  E  S S S S E     S S S S E  S S S S S S E  E  S S S S  4x
||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
||*------------------------------|---------------------------------------*||
||*--7-7-7-7-7--5--7--x-x-x-x----|---------------------------------------*||
||----------------------------7--|--x-x-x-x-5--x-x-x-x-x-x-3--2--x-x-x-x--||


Solo (second part):
     E  S S S S E  E  S S S S E     E  S S S S E  S S E  S S E   4x 
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||*-------------5----------------|-------------5----------------*||
||*--7--7-7-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-5--|--7--7-7-7-7----7-7-5------5--*||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------7-7-----||


Solo (fadeout, repeat this until the song is over):
     S S     S S S S       S S    S S      S S S S      S S  
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||*----------------------------|----------------------------*||
||*--7-7--------5-7-7--------5-|--7-7--------5-7-7-5------5-*||
||-----------7-------------7---|-----------7------------7----||

Well, have fun guys!

S: Sixteenth note
E: Eight note
Q: Quarter note
E.: Puncuated note
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